How can I test the max temperature of my machine?

[sten_super]

Hi,

I have just installed a new heatsink and a couple of fans on my machine, and I want to test out see how hot it is going to run. I'm guessing there's a piece of software out there designed to test this, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Cheers,

Jon

 

[stickroad]

Intel TAT.

 

[ovia]

Orthos and F@H

Run those together should stress CPU to max and generate a lot of heat.

TAT will work too, but depends what CPU you have

 

[ghgh]

CPU Burn in - this REALLY stresses the CPU I've found - my 3500+ PC shut down as it reached 60c and it only reaches 50c with folding@home running @ 3.00GHz. I've found seti@home (the original one) stressed the CPU more than folding as ive had pc's fall over running seti@home after a matter of hours that were 100% stable for months on end running folding.

 

[Big.Wayne]

my 3500+ PC shut down as it reached 60c

Really? is that something you configured in BIOS or what?

I never seen that happen before and I'm pretty sure I've run A64's higher than 60°C ?

 

[ghgh]

Really? is that something you configured in BIOS or what?

I never seen that happen before and I'm pretty sure I've run A64's higher than 60°C ?

yeah, I set it in the BIOS as Im away at college most of the time and its left running folding so I dont want it to die, maybe I should set it to 70c but I get worried about how accurate the sensors really are - even using coretemp I bet they're quite far out from the actual temp...it may have been 65c I set in the BIOS actually come to think of it, sorry.

 

[Big.Wayne]

I get worried

What cooler and overclock are you running on that 3500+ ? I've got a few mono-core venice machines and they run very cool, like 42°C max Orthos Small FFTs load?

 

[Big.Wayne]

can anyone point me in the right direction?

Have you tried Speedfan?

 

[ghgh]

What cooler and overclock are you running on that 3500+ ? I've got a few mono-core venice machines and they run very cool, like 42°C max Orthos Small FFTs load?

some akasa £3.50 jobbie and its a 3500+ @ 3.00GHz 1.55v when its not too warm and @ 2.907GHz when its hot outside. 3.00GHz is folding stable but not CPU Burn in stable - fails after about 25 minutes! but 2.907GHz is rock solid in everything I've thrown at it so far, anyway. I've never ran Orthos before on any PC but I think its about time to give it a go...may need to re-do the AS5 on it though.

ghgh